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Kimetsu no Yaiba

At least I knew the manga from easy reading before the anime adaptation appeared, I have already completely forgotten the 10 chapters I had read. After the anime made a very positive impression in terms of implementation, I just had to give myself a try to the manga.

In the end, I have to admit, it was a satisfying shounen, with emotional backgrounds and visually subtle fights. However, that's about it. It was significantly weaker than the currently popular anime adaptation.

The main plot of Kimetsu no Yaiba is even among the shounen, probably one of the weakest, and is enormously linear.
On the part of the characters, hardly anything happened, only that you saw more of the backgrounds, which were quite interesting and emotional. Except for sympathy, the characters had no depth.
The drawings were also rather poor at first, but it improved significantly over the course of the year.

Story

You can read the majority of the plot from the description. Tanjirou wants to save his sister and must find the demon that wiped out his family. And the anime is practically all about looking for him to the bitter end.

He meets other characters on his journey and makes friends, fights other demons until he can finally face his enemy.

Drawing / illustration

As mentioned, it was pretty meager at the beginning, especially with the backgrounds and the presentation. Around halfway through the manga and on, the level increased significantly. In the end, it was just an above-average presentation.

Characters

The characters were likeable, I in no way doubt that. I actually liked Tanirou as the main protagonist, even though he was practically the stereo type. However, his way of thinking and his approaches were quite understandable. And for once he wasn't a hypocrite.

The remaining main characters were mostly just entertaining, couldn't add anything worth mentioning to them.

A very strong factor here was clearly in the area of ​​the character backgrounds. Unfortunately, that alone isn't enough to make a character good.

The main antagonist of the show is a type that I really like. I generally prefer such antagonists. Unfortunately, it lacked depth and meaning. He was mean, mean, and enormously impressive. However, it was just completely empty. Apart from his small background, he had nothing.

Conclusion

I have to admit, in the shounen area, Kimetsu no Yaiba has a very weak main plot. Nonetheless, it is by far one of the 10 best shounen I've seen so far, because it still stands out from the competition.

And note again, no the manga is no better than the anime. The anime adaptation is far better than the manga due to the high quality work done by the studio.